Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-06
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Local GOVERNMENT - The United
States of America comprise thirty-eight
separate states, populated in all by sixty
millions of human beings speaking the
English language; every State makes its
own laws and governs itself in all local
matters, thus insuring good government
without legislative arrears in each state.
and allowing the imperial Parliament" at
Washington ample time 10 deal with
purely imperial affairs.
AGRICrITuRE.-Thef farmers of Amer
lea as rule pay no rent for the land which
they till-they own the land which they
occupy and everything on il; while. owing
to climatic and other conditions. splendid
crops are the rule. and not the exception. as
with Us IN this country. Farming in Amer
lea is therefore a profitable business at
which farmers make money, and they can
well afford to send us their surplus stuffS
at low price after satisfying the wants Of
their own country. In country where
farming pays and fiourishes abundantly,
every other trade and profession flourishes
in like proportion, and plenty and content
ment reign
Foop. Provisions of all sorts In America
are very cheap, much cheaper than with us
in the old country. cheap though We think
our food may be, therefore the cost of act
ual living is very low; and though clothing.
Iuxuries, labor and attendance are consid
erably dearer than in this country. still the
average American workingman lives 100
per cent better than the average working
man does in Great Britain. because he has
higher wages and cheaper food in greater
variety.
RESoURCEs.-The natural resources of
the United States are enormous; in wood.
coal. minerals and metals of all sorts il is.
without doubt, the wealthiest country in
the world. The means of transit. by water
and by rail, are as perfect and complete as
II is possible To imagine, being. in fact, un-
surpassed by any series of countries.
The author proceeds to remark that it
need not surprise" Englishmen that in
such conditions America should be at least
twenty years ahead Of Great Britain in i'm
vention and in commercial and politica!
advancement" This is a remarkable ad-
mission for an Englishman to make, but
facts las adduced) have forced him to this
facts is that England has no rivals in the
''older and slower nationalities of the,
world" bnt only in the people of the
United States and that it is utterly impos-
sible" for England to keep pace with Amer
lea on present lines" The English people,
and especially their statesmen, are there
fore urged to bestir themselves.
Mr.. Keith points out some of the unfa-
vorable conditions from which the people
of England suffer. They Literally groanr
under taxation. In London the taxes av-
erage from 2i to 80 per cent. on the rental
There is a special tax on all coal that comes
into London, by water, rail, road or other
wise, of 26 cents ton. This comes to All
end within year, but efforts are being
made TO procure its continuance.
Then We are informed that the electric
light cannot be applied Oh any large scale
owing TO the dead weight hung on it: tele-
phony and telegraphy are so taxed that no
private individual can afford to apply them
in business, unless through companies
heavily handicapped by the government
Practically no telephone communication
can be had in business. from city TO cry OF
from town TO town. in England as it can
be had in America-because the govern
ment holds the telegraph and main wires.
and will neither take up telephony itself
for the use of the public. nor give reason
able facilities for private companies To do
so.
Again: England is without free and
compulsory education" and it is declared
English readers, that the English people
'.are wofully deficient in local govern
ment," all government being centralized in
London, Ito the enormous disadvantage
and enormous cost of the country at large"
Further than this, English agriculture is
in low state. The farmers are renters;
food is comparatively cheap, but most of it
has to be imported. How long England
remains to be seen. 1t is certainly rather
serious condition for a nation to be in. when
it must draw its food supply from exterior
sources. This is not Mr.. Keith's sugges-
ton, but ope that in the circumstance
makes itself.
This great competitor" of England
the United States is ''even nOw"-Mr.
Keith says-''Our best customer, and is
now supplying England and her colonies
with many Of England's "Own kind of man
ufactures."
to the magnitude Of the American exhibi-
ton of invention and manufactures now
open in LOndOn--nOt sustained OF aided by
the United States government but "a
purely private though gigantic speculation,